November 2024 Contents
Inside Florida Trend's print and digital issue
FEATURES
Second Chance Hiring
As labor shortages persist, Florida businesses look to those with criminal records as an untapped talent pool.
Central Florida’s Waste Pro has embraced second chance hiring to ‘build its army’ of waste collection employees.
NextGen
Spotting Trouble
With its breakthrough device, Cody Simmons’ Miami-based startup aims to revolutionize skin cancer detection.
Economic Backbone
Nursing
Juggling Dual Roles
The dean of UF’s nursing college is also a nursing executive at UF Health, which helps her see the big picture.
Is There Still a Shortage of Nurses?
A few years ago, alarm bells started going off in the health care industry: Florida was going to need more nurses — many, many, many more nurses. Tens of thousands of them, in fact.
Amid nurse shortages and other barriers in the field, an FSU dean is turning to technology as a solution.
Keiser University’s mobile sim lab provides lifelike training at campuses across the state.
Should nursing education programs at FAMU and Florida Atlantic continue to exist?
Training more nurses requires more capacity, which includes new campuses.
A Christian university in West Palm Beach integrates faith into nursing education.
A major new grant will help a Northwest Florida college grow more nurses.
Port Tampa Bay and USF created the world’s first nurse-managed clinic at a port to serve maritime workers.
Expanding Pediatric Partnership
Nemours Children’s Health is investing millions in dedicated training space for future pediatric nurses at UCF.
Pensacola and its neighboring jurisdictions are home to more than 6,000 nursing jobs.
A team from USF works to boost the number of oncology nurses on the Caribbean island, which has a shortage of them.
With CNAs in short supply, a national nonprofit is offering free job training at locations across Florida to help fill the gaps in nursing homes.
Nurses at UF Shands have been doing innovative work reducing complications from ECMO devices.
Trendlines
Up Front
Investing in the Future of Nursing
This month’s issue, with its focuses on nursing programs, hits close to home for me.
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Arthenia Joyner
"We knew that there was this part of America that said that Black people were not equal, and we experienced it every day."
Editor's Page
Island Reckoning
Helene's eye remained 100 miles off Tampa Bay’s coastline, but it devastated the region.
Women in Leadership
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo has bridged divides, tackled big policy issues and, as she wraps up her leadership tenure, is navigating the shattering loss of her husband.
A decade ago, Suneera Madhani launched what would become Orlando’s first ‘unicorn.’ She’s aiming for an encore with Worth AI.
Leadership runs in Tianne Doyle’s family and coupled with hard work helped her rise through the ranks at Bealls.
Charu Raheja’s close call led her to create an answering service for physicians and triage nurses.
Marinas
Powerful Engines Idling
Interest rates interrupt the billion-dollar rollup of a resource in short supply: Florida marinas.
With a condo, a 52-foot cruiser and a boat slip, Cliffe Laborde is living his best life.
Fort Pierce engineered a dozen artificial islands to protect its marina.
The future looks bright for a sleepy spot in Clay County.
Custom Content
Florida's Philanthropic Community
Organizations are collaborating to reach donors, encouraging increasingly diverse participation and stepping up to fill gaps in public programs.
Community Portrait
Regional Economic Profile
Volusia County
The Greater Daytona Region is rising in prominence as a crossroads place to both do business and live in the heart of Central Florida.
Around the State
Statewide
An Election to Remember
Between assassination attempts, highly publicized debates, President Joe Biden’s late dropout and more, the 2024 Presidential Election is already one for the history books.
Miami-Dade
House of Pitbull
Miami’s international recording sensation Pitbull has gone a step further than "residency," by putting his name on a stadium.
Southeast
Self Service
IntelePeer landed $140 million in investment “reinvent” the call center with its customer self-service artificial intelligence automation.
Southwest
Addressing Mental Health
TGH, in affiliation with the USF, is one of four partnerships to receive the state’s newly created “behavioral health teaching hospital” designation.
Central
End of the Line
The state’s SunRail commuter line opened a station in DeLand.
Northeast
Beers in Space
Want a cold one the next time you’re in outer space?
Northwest
Ground Zero
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26 in Florida’s Big Bend region.